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Open call for 9 indefinite-term employment positions to work at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN).

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We build, equip and operate a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is a public Consortium created in 2007 between the then Ministry of Education and Science, now Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO), and the Government of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, with the aim of building, equipping and operating a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.

NEWS

PLOCAN at the 2026 National Aquaculture Congress: Ocean technology at the service of sustainable offshore aquaculture

PLOCAN at the 2026 National Aquaculture Congress: Ocean technology at the service of sustainable offshore aquaculture

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands –PLOCAN– joins this week in the National Aquaculture Congress 2026 (CNA2026), which is taking place in the city of Vigo, presenting its contribution as a partner of the SIRENA 2 project together with the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT-CSIC), consortium coordinator, and the University of Las Palmas de

LEER NOTICIA 04/06/2026
The 2nd EduSen Junior Marine Conference Promoted Scientific Outreach Among Young Students

The 2nd EduSen Junior Marine Conference Promoted Scientific Outreach Among Young Students

LEER NOTICIA 29/05/2026
PLOCAN hosts a new follow-up meeting of the WECHULL+ project

PLOCAN hosts a new follow-up meeting of the WECHULL+ project

LEER NOTICIA 28/05/2026
PLOCAN Hosts the 2nd Junior Marine Congress of the EduBlue Project

PLOCAN Hosts the 2nd Junior Marine Congress of the EduBlue Project

LEER NOTICIA 27/05/2026

SERVICES

Data service

It consists of providing the data acquired by a set of Lagrangian observation systems, mainly based on autonomous marine vehicles and drifter buoys.

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Hosting service

Testing capabilities are offered, at various scales, for experimental fixed and floating devices, special structures, testing of components in the marine environment, operational performance testing of marine technologies, optimisation of equipment at sea and, in general, any testing of experimental technologies, concepts or services in the marine environment.

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Marine technical operations service with VIMAS

The VIMAS facility provides access to the fleet of gliders, ROVs and ASVs based in the Canary Islands.

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Marine operations service on the Offshore Ocean Platform

The Offshore Ocean Platform facility provides efficient access to the ocean at increasing depths in an environmentally sustainable manner.

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